Auguste Vaillant

Auguste Vaillant (27 December 1861-5 February 1894) was a French anarchist. On 9 December 1893, he bombed the Chamber of Deputies, leading to his execution by guillotine.

Biography
Auguste Vaillant was born in Mezieres, France in 1861, and he became a member of the anarchist movement. On 9 December 1893, Vaillant threw a homemade bomb into a meeting of the Chamber of Deputies from the public gallery, and twenty deputies suffered slight injuries. Vaillant carried out the attack to avenge the execution of Ravachol, and Vaillant was guillotined in 1894.